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Osborne, Lois (Fa 1121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Osborne, Lois (Fa 1121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1121. Student folk studies project titled: "Good and Bad Luck Beliefs," which includes notecards with brief descriptions of traditional beliefs about good and bad luck in Cook County, Illinois, Dearborn County, Indiana, Knox County, Tennessee, and the counties of Barren, Fayette, Hardin, Hart, Hopkins, Jefferson and Nelson in Kentucky. Notecards may include a description of the traditional belief, informant's name and address, motif index number, and text classification.
Mansfield, Sherry R. And Bruce Greene (Fa 1112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mansfield, Sherry R. And Bruce Greene (Fa 1112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1112. Student folk studies project titled: “Just a Man—Captain William Hicks” which includes an interview of C. Jeff Hicks, the son of Confederate Captain William Hicks. The interview includes a description of the life of the son and his father while living in Barren County, Kentucky and Sumner County, Tennessee.
Hartz, Amelia Culley (Allen), B. 1950 (Fa 1094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hartz, Amelia Culley (Allen), B. 1950 (Fa 1094), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1094. Student folk studies project titled: “Tales From Peacher Mill Road,” which includes survey sheets about the farms and residents of the Peacher Mill community in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Survey sheets may include a story, tradition, photo, name, and brief description.
Hughes, Robert M. (Fa 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hughes, Robert M. (Fa 1080), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1080. Paper titled “Hunting: Traditional Methods and Weapons” by Robert M. Hughes in which he presents information about lore related to hunting with a particular emphasis on hunting done by Native Americans. In addition to the paper Hughes provides five unrelated folklore items classified by genre for which he provides extensive documentation.
Sutherland, David And Linda C. White (Fa 1044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sutherland, David And Linda C. White (Fa 1044), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1044. Paper titled “From Mountain to Flatland: A Study of Two Homesteads” written by David Sutherland and Linda White. The authors attempt to compare two homesteads—one found in Pickett County, Tennessee, and the other in Simpson County, Kentucky—by exploring the family histories, topographical influences, and architectural styles of each location. The paper also includes photographs of informants, their farms, grave markers, aerial maps, and other personal ephemera.
Foodways (Fa 1005), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Foodways (Fa 1005), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text for papers (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archive Project 1005. A collection of student observations about regional foodways in short, narrative papers, prepared for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Photos are included in many of the papers.